take aback使吃驚,使嚇一跳
take up接納,吸收
talk into說服;勸說某人做某事
talk out坦率地談
talk over說得同意自己
talk to責(zé)備
thanks to由于,多虧,幸虧
at the thought of一想起…(就)
tick off列出;用記號勾出
drink down以酒消(愁)
drink to為…干杯,為…祝福
drink up喝干凈,喝完
drive at意指
drive away at努力做(工作等)
drive home用車把…送到家
drive out趕出去
drive up抬高
drop by順便走訪,非正式訪問
drop off睡著;(讓…)下車
drop on訓(xùn)斥,懲罰
drop out退出,退學(xué);掉落
drop over順便來訪
dry up(使)干涸
due to由于;應(yīng)歸于
in due course在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r候
do duty for當(dāng)…用,起作用
do one‘s duty盡職,盡本分
off duty下班
on duty值班;上班
dwell on細想;詳細講述
each other[‘i:t6 ‘352]互相(多用作賓語)
be all ears全神貫注地傾聽著
give ear to聽,傾聽
give one‘s ears不惜任何代價(要)
early or late遲早
keep early hours早睡早起
earn one‘s living謀生
on earth在世界上;究竟,到底
at ease自由自在;舒適,舒坦
in the shape of呈…的形狀
shoot at向…射擊;力爭
shoot away不停地射擊
shoot out拋出;射出
shoot up射出;噴出
be short of缺乏,不足;達不到
cut short中斷,打斷
in short總之,總而言之
show in領(lǐng)入,領(lǐng)進來
show off炫耀,賣弄
show up使顯現(xiàn);揭露;拆穿
shrug off聳肩表示對…不屑理
a series of一系列,一連串
serve as充當(dāng);起作用
in session在開會;在開庭
set about開始;散布(謠言等)
set apart使分離;使顯得突出
set aside挑出;不顧;取消
set back(把鐘等)往回撥;推遲
set down記下;登記;放下
set forth動身起程
set off動身,出發(fā);使爆炸
set oneself against堅決反對
set out動身;開始;裝飾
set up開辦;建立;設(shè)立
set oneself up as以…自居
settle down定居;安下心來
settle for對…感到滿足,滿足于
settle one‘s account結(jié)算;付訖
shake off攆走,擺脫;抖落
shake up搖勻;激勵,使振作